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The Science of Compliance
One of the risks of running an educational institution is keeping compliant with government regulations. Every six months, I hear of another college hit with a non-compliance transgression for failing to check their students’ visa status or some other compliance-related More..
Gippsland-Ballarat regional uni to proceed
Despite the uncertainty of the times and changes to government funding, the planned joint venture of Monash University and the University of Ballarat will go ahead. Monash vice-chancellor Ed Byrne said, “The impact of the government’s announcement is not yet More..
SA uni holds jam session
The University of South Australia is staging one of the biggest conversations about its future this month. The only difference is that conversation will take place online. On May 29-30, the university will launch a “unijam”, bringing together thousands of More..
Monash pulls plug on IT jobs
Dozens of IT jobs will go at Monash University after it announced workers will be offered voluntary redundancies. The university alerted staff in its eSolutions division of the planned redundancies, and have identified at least 80 of these workers as More..
The future of teacher education
It is not difficult to figure out why there has been so much attention devoted to teacher education lately. ATARs for entry to teacher education programs nationally vary widely and the quality of entrants into undergraduate teacher education is steadily More..
Don’t make study harder
With more Australians getting a degree, it would be a travesty to turn people off with university cuts. National Tertiary Education Union president Jeannie Rea said this in response to the Universities Australia chair’s address to the National Press Club. More..
The power of giving
There is an almost alchemical mystery to successful fundraising. So what drives this generosity, and how can institutions create the right conditions for it? By Louis White Since the focus of universities is no longer on simple, regular form letters More..
Where do we fit?
International education is facing many challenges. At the heart of the matter lies a key question: Do we have a crisis of identity? By Phil Honeywood Those of us who work in international education are also unsure of appropriate terminology More..
A new model of science teaching
Science classes at university are on the downward slide but plans are afoot to refresh how the disciplines are taught. By Geoff Hanmer University science subjects in Australia have experienced a long running decline in enrolments relative to other subject More..
An imperfect case for a new VET system
High hopes for an improved VET quality framework remain unfulfilled. By John Mitchell The initial hopes raised by VET policy papers sometimes fade a little after a second reading. This is the case with regard to the position paper recently More..
Send skilled migrants home temporarily: academic
One of Australia’s leading demographers has told the United Nations that developed countries should give skilled migrants incentives to temporarily return to their home countries. In a keynote address at the 46th session of the UN’s Commission on Population and More..
Gonski report ‘flawed’: new report
The Gonski report rests on flaws that could undermine it as the base of Australia’s education policy, says a new study. The study, entitled, What’s wrong with the Gonski Report: funding reform and student achievement, released by the Melbourne Institute More..